Art to roll on from the collective known as The Side Effects of Urethane at the Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland, according to a story on Skate & Annoy.
[Link: Skate & Annoy]
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If someone mentioned Laguna Beach, California and nuclear pickle in the same sentence a skateboard would be the last thing we’d think off. But that’s the name lifelong skateboarder Eric Kirkland chose for his new tool-free longboard.
The Nuclear Pickle, which may be marketed as the Long Woody by the time it hits shelves, enables three-way wheel adjustment via a control knob which eliminates discomfort and injuries caused by carrying an external tool, deeper carving, and improved board control via axles that rotate further for a better turning radius. . . . Kirkland plans to sell his product in big-box sporting good stores including Dicks Sporting Goods, Sport Chalet, and Costco Online, where it will retail for less than $200.
Kirkland appears to be going for some kind of world record in cock references: Get your tool-less, Nuclear Pickle, Long Woody with control knob, at Dick’s.
[Link: Coastline Pilot]
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Apparently, a stock can just keep getting junkier and junkier. Today Standard & Poor’s Rating Service did just that to Quiksilver, according to a story on Forbes.com.
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said Tuesday that it lowered its ratings on Quiksilver Inc. deeper into junk status as the outdoor clothing and equipment company works toward a deal to improve its liquidity and capital structure. . . Our resolution of the CreditWatch listing will focus on Quiksilver’s ability to meet its near-term debt obligations, maintain adequate liquidity, and improve its operating business trends and financial metrics,” S&P said. “If the company can complete a refinancing or strategic transaction, then we may review the ratings for an upgrade.”
Oh, we thought they lowered the rankings because of that new Quiksilver.com/GO website. The one that makes you count to 100 before it loads?
[Link: Forbes.com]
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An unnamed man was arrested at Ball State University today on suspicion of resisting law enforcement and disorderly conduct when he decided not to “stop skateboarding” when a police officer asked him to.
Police said the man, whose name they would not release at the arrest scene, was skateboarding on campus near the Scramble Light when an officer warned him to stop. The man ignored the officer, who then chased him to the top of the steps outside the northwest entrance to the Music Instruction Building, police said.
And for this, the guy was thrown in jail. We continue to be amazed that police officers don’t have better things to do. Then again, if you had the choice between arresting a skinny kid on a skateboard or a 250 pound armed drug dealer who would you go after?
[Link: BSU Daily News]
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We’ve said it over and over: when content becomes free all content becomes advertising. That’s probably why Manulele Inc’s Mike Latronic is expanding their media business to include a PR arm.
Manulele Inc., producers of Freesurf Magazine, Billabong Surf TV, and Board Stories TV, is proud to announce the expansion of its media department to include a public-relations component geared to providing the action-sports industry with the freshest and most cohesive video, photo, and written content available.
Why write editorial that is indirectly sponsored by advertising when you can just write advertising copy directly. What a great way to explain what is already happening at most surf magazines anyway.
[Link: Hawaii Reporter]
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Will Greg Lutzka repeat as the winner of the Tampa Pro? Do you care? If you do, this is a reminder to tune into FUEL.TV from 9 AM to 3 PM PST on Sunday March 22, 2009 for total live webcast coverage in full high def.
[Link: Fuel TV]
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There has been nothing but bad news for newspapers lately and that’s why graphic designer Geoff McFetridge says he wanted to do one himself. It’s called The California Solitary Times.
With other newspapers going out of business, we thought it might be good for us to come out with our own 4 pager called The California Solitary Times. . . You’ll be able to pick them up at our fine selection of retailers as well as other locations worldwide shortly.
To read the entire paper (featuring a cover shot by Tobin Yelland) click here.
[Link: Solitary Arts via Club Mumble]
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Rusty Preisendorfer’s son Clint was drafted by the New York Yankee’s organization to play in the minor leagues according to a post on the Rusty.com blog. Apparently, Clint is a rocket-hot pitcher who is already off a spring training. What does this new contract mean for Clint’s other activities? It means he has to quit almost all of them.
My contract does not let me do anything! No skateboarding, no snowboarding, no wakeboarding, but I did have them make an exception for surfing. However, my contract stipulates that there is a limit- I am not allowed to surf anything over ten feet! I pretty much told them that surfing is a part of my life and if I can’t have it I don’t know if I can play baseball.
Well, at least he’s keeping his priorities straight.
[Link: Rusty.com via The Hobgoods]
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We thought finding a follow-up to the DVS Battle of the Berrics was going to be tough, but with the DC x Berrics Project Granite it looks like Steve Berra and Eric Koston have a few more promotional ideas their warehouse turned web dominator, according to a post on The Skateboard Mag.
Once a week for three weeks PJ Ladd will do a ledge trick, you have to try and do the same, and then upload the video clip of yourself. There will be one winner a week and at the end of Project Granite a grand prize winner will receive a year’s supply of DC gear AND the actual ledge that PJ used to film his tricks.
Sounds like an interesting tweak on The Battle not unlike Quiksilver’s Race to S.K.A.T.E, albeit without the racing.
[Link: The Berrics via The Skateboard Mag]
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The LA Times may joke that the beaches of southern California might be a great place for AIG executives to take part in a “long-distance swimming race with no lifelines” but to those who surf everyday the recent shark sightings are not all that funny.
- A surfer over the weekend reportedly was rushed by a large shark off Carlsbad, which is about seven miles north of Solana Beach. This has not been confirmed.
- A beachcomber off Bolsa Chica State Beach on Monday discovered a headless sea lion with other wounds. Perhaps this serves as evidence that adult great whites, which generally prey on much larger elephant seals off Northern California, are utilizing an increasingly dense sea lion population off Southern California.
- The remains of a seal or sea lion washed up on a beach in Carlsbad on Sunday.
- A swimmer and stand-up paddleboard surfer in the Pacific Palisedes area on Saturday reported sighting estimated seven- and eight-foot sharks, 15 minutes apart around 8 a.m. The swimmer said there were two sharks, and that one of them leaped, or breached.
- Three people atop Balboa Pier in Newport Beach on Saturday reported sighting an estimated eight-foot shark, which also breached.
We’re not looking forward to seeing any, thank you.
[Link: LA Times]
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